{"id":246587,"date":"2025-10-28T22:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/246587\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T22:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T22:46:10","slug":"tony-dungy-argues-nfls-replay-rules-hurts-credibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/246587\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Dungy argues NFL&#8217;s replay rules hurts credibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">The NFL<\/a> \u2014 the most popular pro sports league in the U.S. \u2014 has made several tweaks to its rules over the decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">In 2024, changes to the kickoff rules faced some scrutiny. Before the start of the season, the league <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/kurt-warner-critiques-latest-nfl-kickoff-rules-changes-after-seahawks-last-second-win-over-cardinals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">adjusted those rules.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Instant replay policies have also undergone revisions in recent years, but former NFL head coach Tony Dungy is calling for a complete overhaul. Dungy argued that today\u2019s replay system has created a &#8220;credibility issue&#8221; for game officials and the NFL as a whole.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-1245256898.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Dungy at an NFL game\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Hall of Fame Head Coach Tony Dungy during an NFL game between the Pittsburg Steelers and the Indianapolis Colts on Nov. 28, 2022 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Jeffrey Brown\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>Dungy, who coached the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/indianapolis-colts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Indianapolis Colts<\/a> \u00a0to a Super Bowl title, cited a controversial call on a &#8220;tush push&#8221; play in the Philadelphia Eagles&#8217; 38-20 Week 8 victory over the New York Giants. Referees blew the whistle on the play for forward progress.<\/p>\n<p>Giants pass rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux knocked the ball from the hands of Eagles quarterback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/jalen-hurts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jalen Hurts.<\/a> Thibodeaux emerged from the turf with the ball, but referees ruled that the quarterback\u2019s forward progress had stalled, meaning no change of possession occurred.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/2025-nfl-power-rankings-week-9-whos-best-team-afc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2025 NFL POWER RANKINGS WEEK 9: WHO&#8217;S THE BEST TEAM IN THE AFC?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An in-game video replay appeared to show Hurts continuing to be pushed forward by a teammate. Under current rules, the play is not eligible for review. Dungy urged the NFL to make every play reviewable.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nfl-logo.jpg\" alt=\"The NFL logo\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>The NFL shield logo on the field at SoFi Stadium on Nov. 25, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Kirby Lee\/magn Images)<\/p>\n<p>The NFL does have an expedited review system, which is intended to quickly correct clear and obvious mistakes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The NFL must get rid of these categories that are \u2018non-reviewable!\u2019 You can\u2019t have New York jumping and change plays saying \u2018expedited review told us\u2026\u2019 \u2014 and then have obvious misses that go unchanged. That\u2019s what the review process was put in for. We had a couple in our GB-Pitt game and it\u2019s terrible. When you change some obvious plays and not others you create a credibility issue and that\u2019s what we have now,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TonyDungy\/status\/1982769679740411965\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dungy wrote on X.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/nfl-tony-dungy-092425-1.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Dungy in September 2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Tony Dungy on the NBC Sports set before the game between the Los Angeles Rams and the Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium on Sept. 8, 2022.\u00a0 (Kirby Lee\/USA TODAY Sports)<\/p>\n<p>Dungy also pointed to plays he believed should have been overturned during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nfl\/green-bay-packers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Green Bay Packers<\/a> win over the Pittsburgh Steelers this past Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A few months after an apparent missed pass interference call in the 2019 NFC Championship Game, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced that an expanded replay system would allow pass interference to be reviewed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The expansion ultimately lasted just one season, with the league later making pass interference a nonreviewable play again.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> sports coverage on X<\/a>, and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Chantz Martin is a sports writer for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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